Planter.



No. 878,536. PATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

V J. H. KENNEBREW.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17.190'7.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

W atmnup gnuonto'o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. KENNEBREW, OF COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI.

PLANTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.,11, 1908.

Application filed April 17, 1907. Serial No. 368.680-

citizen of the United States, residing at Columbus, in the county of Lowndes and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Planters,- of which the following is a specification.

Thejpresent invention relates in general to agricultural implements and more particularly to a novel form of planter which is "peculiarly designed so as to operate in an efficient manner in connection with various ty es of seeds.

he object of the invention is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive planter which is durable in its construction and which is at all times under the complete control of the operator, means bein rovided whereby the feeding of the see s mto the dischar e spout can be regulated at will.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of constructionand the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l-is a planter constructed 1n accordancewith the present invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through-the lower portion of the hopper. Fig. 3 1s a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the feeding mechanism located Within the hopper.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

Specificall describing the present em bodlment o the invention the numeral 1 designates the stock of the planter which is in the nature of a longitudinal beam and is provided at its forward end with a clevis 2 of the conventional construction. Secured to the forward portion of the stock and pro jecting downwardly therefrom is a bracket 3 having the drive wheel 4 mounted thereon, the saiddrive wheel comprising a hub having a plurality of radial arms or sp'okes 5 protherefrom and designed to en age ject' witli i ie ground to cause the rotation o the wheel when the planter is moved either forwardly or rearwardly. Rigid with the drive Wheel 4 and rotating therewith is a sprocket wheel 6 receiving a chain 7 by means of perspective view showing a which power is transmitted to the feeding mechanism.

A hopper 8 of the usual contour is adjustably mounted upon the upper face of the stock 1 toward the rear end thereof and is provided with the brackets 9 rojecting along the stock and clamped t ereto by means of the U-bolts 10. It will thus be apparent that by loosening the said U-bolts tie hopper can be moved lon itudinally upon the beam and again clamped in quired position. I

A transversely dis 'osed trough 11 is located at the bottom ofthe hopper, and in the present instance this trough is formed b suitably bendin a tpiece of sheet materia the opposite ends 0 the piece of sheet material extending along the front and rear sides of the hopper respectively and being secured thereto. Bearin lates 12 are secured to opposite sides of t e hopper 8 and the rej ournaled between the lower portions of these bearing plates 12 is a shaft 13 carrying a spiral 14 which operates within the trough 11 and tends to discharge the seed delivered within the trough through one end thereof into the discharge spout 15 upon one side of the planter.

It will be observed that the upper end of the dischar e spout 15 is open whereby the feeding of the seeds is always in plain View of the o erator. One end of the shaft 13 projects aterally from the hopper and carries a gear wheel 16 meshing with a corresponding gear wheel 17 keyed upon a shaft 18 journaled between the upper portions of the-bearing plates 12. This upper shaft 18 carries the agitator or stirring device which is essentially in the nature of a toothed drum. agitator it will be observed that the shaft 18 has an angular formation, being hexagonal in cross section in the present instance, and carries the tangential arms or teeth 19. In the form of invention shown in the drawings the teeth 19 are integral with collars 27 which are slipped over the angular portion of the shaft 15, each collar carrying two teeth and the said collars bein so arranged that the teeth form two spira rows which operate to agitate the seed within the hopper and to causethe same to feed evenly into the trough.

A sprocket wheel 20 is loosely mounted upon the projecting end of the shaft 13 and In the specific construction of the receives motion from the drive wheel 4 through the medium of the sprocket wheel 6 and chain 7. This sprocket wheel 20 has a-clutch connection with the gear wheel 16 5 whereb motion is imparted to the latter when t e lanter is moved forwardly. In bringing a out this clutch connection the 1 gear wheel 16 is formed with an outwardly extending sleeve 21 and the sprocket wheels 20 with an inwardly extending sleeve 22,

the said sleevesjbeingElformedwith corresponding teeth havingtiinclined sides and. straight sides, the former slipping over each' other when the planter is moved backwardly,

while the latter engage with each other when the planter is moved forwardly and thereby cause the feed mechanism to be operated throu h the medium, of the drive wheel. For t e purpose of normally holding the ment with each other the portion ofthe shaft projecting beyond the sprocket wheel '20 is .surrounded by a coil spring 28 which'is inter o sed between .the strap 29 and the sproc et wheel 20 and tends to move the latter inwardly upon the shaft.

The plowstandard and point or furrow opener 23 is secured-to the stock 1 in front of the hopper and operates'to open the furrow previous to the deposit of the seeds therein through the medium of the'spout 15 and the above described feeding mechanism. "A transverse bar 24 is secured to the. rear end of the beam 1 and carries the spaced plows 25 which cover the furrow afterthe seeds have been deposited therein.

, trough at t teeth u on'the sleeves 21 and 22 in engage.

Having thusZdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new is:

It, In .a planter, the combination of a stock, a hopper mounted upon the stock, a

e bottom of the. hopper,-a discharge spout at one end of the trough, a

spira feeder operating within the trough, an angular agitator shaft journaledjbetween the sides of the ho p'er, removable collars fitted upon the sai angular shaft, tangential arms carried bythe collars, and means for operating the feeder andagitator.

2. In a planter, the combination of a stock, a hopper mounted upon .the stock, a e bottom of the hopper formed trough at t bybending a piece ofsheet material, bearing plates ap led to opposite sides of the hopper, a spiral feeding mechanism operating within the trough, and 'journaled between=the lower portions of theplates, an agitator 'ournaled between the upper portions of t e plates, and means for operating the feeder and agitator.

In testimony whereofI aflix my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

p i JQHN 1 KENNEBREW. [a a] Witnesses:

' B. D, EwEN, Z P. GooLsBY. 

